This lecture is the 2021 annual Ratensky Lecture, organized by the AIANY Housing Committee to honor individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing and community design. This event is co-presented by the AIANY Housing Committee, The Architectural League of New York and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.

This event will be conducted in-person and through Zoom. All participants— both in-person and online— must register in advance, please register here. 

THE DISTINGUISHED IRWIN S. CHANIN PROFESSOR LECTURE

Diana Agrest will present selected work that define significant moments in the development of her practice in connection to her critical work on urban and architectural discourse, illustrating the determinant role of urban form and culture on architecture through work ranging from urban project to the architecture object itself. Rather than in a chronological order the work presented will be organized through concepts focusing on questions of urban form its articulation with the social, political and ideological aspects both in discourse and the actual social context linking the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. The determinant role of urban form and culture on architecture will be illustrated through urban and architecture projects. 

Diana Agrest, FAIA is an internationally renowned architect, theoretician, author, educator and filmmaker. She is well known for her unique and pioneering critical approach to architecture and urbanism practice and theory She is a founding partner of Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects. Her designed and built projects ranging globally from urban projects, housing complexes and master plans to single family residences and interiors have received numerous awards. 

In-Person Registration: Advanced registration is required. Please register for in-person attendance here. 

Virtual Registration: The lecture is also accessible through Zoom. Advanced registration is required, please register for virtual attendance here.

STUDENT LECTURE SERIES Nicolas Dorval-Bory: Energy, Matter, and Other Oddities

Nicolas Dorval-Bory (1980) is a french architect who graduated in 2007. After various collaborations in Santiago, Buenos Aires and Paris (2009-2013), his office Nicolas Dorval-Bory Architectes, located in Paris, operates today in a wide range of scales in France and abroad.

This event is accessible through Zoom. Advanced registration is required. Please register here.

This lecture is open to current Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff in Room 315F. The general public may access this event through Zoom only. Zoom registration is required, please register in advance here. 

The student program offers an inside look at the architectural profession, highlighting the varied and creative career paths open to graduates of architecture school.

In this video documenting a portion of the League’s 30th annual Student Program, presentations and a panel discussion offer insight into the careers and work of four practitioners —Delma Palma, Todd Palmer, Bo Liu, Andreas Kostopoulos — followed by a discussion moderated by League program director Anne Rieselbach.

You may watch the video here.

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